Victor Amadeus I was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 26 July 1630 until his death in 1637. He was also known as the Lion of Susa. He was succeeded by two of his sons; Francis Hyacinth and Charles Emmanuel II. His male-only line became extinct in 1831 with the death of Charles Felix.
Artist: Leeuw
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Size 8 x 15 cms
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Pope Clement XII, born Lorenzo Corsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1730 to his death in February 1740. Clement presided over the growth of a surplus in the papal finances. Wikipedia
Born: 7 April 1652, Florence, Italy
Died: 6 February 1740 (age 87 years), Rome, Italy
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Date:1730
Size 9 x 14 cms
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Francesco II Sforza was Duke of Milan from 1521 until his death. He was the last member of the Sforza family to rule Milan. He was the second son of Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice d’Este
Artist: Schultheiss
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Size 14 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
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Giulio Antonio [Julius Anton, Wilhelm Anton] Count Frangipani [Frangipan, Frangipane] [5.12.1606 Porpetto-19.8.1656 Napoli] was a lieutenant colonel in the Beck Regiment, then a colonel, governor of the Lower Palatinate and Spanish commander of Frankenthal 1646.
Size 11 x 17 cms
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Count Francesco Algarotti was a Venetian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector
Size 13 x 15.6 cms
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Andrea Alciato, commonly known as Alciati, was an Italian jurist and writer. He is regarded as the founder of the French school of legal humanists.
Size 9 x 14 cms
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Alfonso II d’Este was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the House of Este.
Size 17 x 27.5 cms
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Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain. He was also the younger brother of Francis II, Holy Roman Empero
Size 11 x 17 cms
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Duke of Mantua from 1550 to 1587, and of Montferrat from 1574 to 1587. He was the second son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Margaret Palaeologina of Montferrat. In 1574, Montferrat was elevated to a Duchy and Guglielmo became its first duke. He was succeeded as Duke of both duchies by his son Vincenzo.
Size 16 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1981
Joanna of Austria was born an Archduchess of Austria as the youngest daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. By marriage, she was the Grand Princess of Tuscany and later the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. One of her daughters was Marie de Medici, second wife of King Henry IV of France.
Size 17 x 27.5 cms
Price £28.00
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